Carbohydrate transporters of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:: sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS)

被引:91
作者
Siebold, C [1 ]
Flükiger, K [1 ]
Beutler, R [1 ]
Erni, B [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bern, Dept Chem & Biochem, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
关键词
bacterial phosphotransferase system; cyclic permutation; glucose permease; intein; membrane protein; sugar phosphotransferase system; Escherichia coli;
D O I
10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02705-3
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The glucose transporter of Escherichia coli couples translocation with phosphorylation of glucose. The IICBGlc subunit spans the membrane eight times. Split, circularly permuted and cyclized forms of IICBGlc are described. The split variant was 30 times more active when the two proteins were encoded by a dicistronic mRNA than by two genes. The stability and activity of circularly permuted forms was improved when they were expressed as fusion proteins with alkaline phosphatase. Cyclized IICBGlc and IIA(Glc), were produced in vivo by RecA intein-mediated trans-splicing. Purified, cyclized IIA(Glc) and IICBGlc had 100% and 30% of wild-type glucose phosphotransferase activity, respectively. Cyclized IIA(Glc) displayed increased stability against temperature and GuHCl-induced unfolding. (C) 2001 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:104 / 111
页数:8
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